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About Francis X. Maier
Francis X. Maier is a senior fellow in Catholic studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and the 2020-22 senior research associate at Notre Dame’s Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government.
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It can’t happen here: A review of Live Not By Lies

October 6, 2020 Francis X. Maier 40

In January 2017, three days before Barack Obama left the White House, the New York Times published an opinion piece entitled “Reading the Classic Novel That Predicted Trump.” Written by Beverly Gage, it spoke darkly […]

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Paradoxes of faith in service to the supreme Paradox

July 13, 2020 Francis X. Maier 15

Over the 33 years since its publication, I’ve quoted one particular text many times. Paradoxes of Faith (Ignatius Press) is a collection of thoughts by Henri Sonier de Lubac.  Brief and simple, yet enormously rich, […]

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